About Bad Times

I’m Mads and I’ve been running Bad Times Designs since 2020. I started off with a small collection of polymer clay earrings, and I’ll be the first to admit they weren’t great, but they helped to get my creativity flowing. In 2022 I found the art of chainmail and taught myself how to weave using YouTube tutorials and reverse engineering. Chainmail is a craft that just clicks with me and it has allowed me to express my creative ideas in ways I never could. I've been running this shop as my full time job since July 2022, which has been a struggle at times (especially with the current state of the economy), but I've loved every second. I'm so grateful to be able to make art as my living!

BTD is a safe space for LGBTQIA+ and neurodiverse individuals. I myself am an autistic queer person and have always believed that we should wear whatever we want, regardless of gender, trends or expectation. I don’t cater for a specific demographic, instead I encourage people of all ages, genders and walks of life to wear what they want to wear. If that happens to be my art then I'm super happy!